NE vv c 0 V E N A N T. ·_ tangled with ir, it is becaufe you know that .that other men are ignorant of,it is through the knowledgeofchrijl,ifyou havcefcaped~ and, 2 Peter r.z. Grace~e multiplydthroughthe!mow ledg.eofGod,andofhis fo.nne IefmChrijf. Grace be multiplyed through that knowledge, asifhe f11ould fay ,multiply you that knowledge, and this is tae meaneswherebyGrace iliall be mul· tiplyed to you. - ·__ That yml'may fee the ground of all this,t_here is no grace that any man hath, but it palfeth in through the Underil:anding: For example, -VVhat is the reafon that any ma'n loves God more than another,but becaufeGodis prefented · to his' underll:anding in another manner than he is to another':" He knowes God better than others-,and fo for other Graces: Why is one man patient,when·another,is.not, but becaufe his underll:anding ~s enlightned to ·judge <,>ther.; wife of the evill he fuffers, than another doth ~ He reckons them not fo great and intolerable evils, he fees another hand of providence, he fees another end init. And fo,What is the rea• fon one is- temperate, and fober, .and-meeke, when_anotheris--not, but becaufe he hath'ano· ther judgementofpleafures and delights~ Hee 1ookes upon tl1em·,.as-on things that a-re ene~ . mies- to his S-oule, he fees vanitie ar.td e~pti . nelfe in them, that another cloth not: I fay, all . the ·Gracethat aManhath, it paffeth through the underll:anding: And therefore, if· aMan would b€ firong irl Grace,let him hlbour·to get · much 2.Peter 1.2., All our grace comes in tbrou~h the undn fian– ding,aY,L<ilve Patience~ Temperance. i ' '
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